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Rev Med Liege

Title:		[Are you able to smell a diagnosis ?]
Author(s):		Coucke PA;
Address:		"Service de Radiotherapie, CHU Liege, Belgique"
Journal Title:		Rev Med Liege
Year:		2019
Volume:		74
Issue:		11
Page Number:		611 - 615
DOI:
ISSN/ISBN:		0370-629X (Print) 0370-629X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Since centuries, the human clinical observation skills include our capacity to smell. However, it is well known that this particular capacity is largely outraced by our lovely dogs. Some centers around the world are actively training these dogs in order to provide a correct diagnosis for particular diseases. This clinical observation has given rise to intensive development of digital tools which are able to recognize patterns of volatile organic compounds (VOC's) in the exhaled air, but not only. It is not a single VOC which is important but an association - a specific pattern - which at the end represents the signature of a disease. This widely opens the door to applications both in the diagnostic field, as well as for follow-up of treated patients"
Keywords:		Animals *Diagnosis Dogs Humans *Smell *Volatile Organic Compounds Digital tools Sniffing dog Volatile organic compounds Smell;
Notes:		"MedlineCoucke, P A fre Belgium 2019/11/16 Rev Med Liege. 2019 Nov; 74(11):611-615"